Fireplace template



Feb. 2, 1960 G. A. LOMBARD FIREPLACE TEMPLATE Filed Oct. 10, 1956 Unite.

This invention relates to templates for use in shaping the back walls of brick fireplaces and the back walls of their throats.

In building fireplaces, it is the practice of masons to make a form for use in shaping the back portions thereof. These forms are bulky and, as fireplaces vary in size and shape, they are intended for single use with the result that the time and materials required to build a form for a fireplace contribute to the cost thereof.

The objective of the present invention is to provide a template that is adapted for re-use in the construction of fireplaces of various sizes and shapes, that is of a simple and rugged construction, and that is adapted to be compactly collapsed for shipment or storage. These general objectives are attained by providing a template with a base to which one end of an extensible upright is attached to enable the height of the back fireplace wall to be established and to whose other end an extensible end member is pivotally connected for use in determining the height and angularity of the back throat wall. Preferably the connection between the base and the upright is pivotable and means are employed to maintain the template parts securely in the positions into which they have been adjusted for use in fireplace construction.

In the accompanying drawings, there is shown an illustrative embodiment of the invention from which these and other of its objectives, novel features, and advantages will be readily understood.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side view of a template in accordance with the invention, adjusted for use in building back portions of a fireplace,

Fig. 2 is a front view thereof,

Fig. 3 is a side view illustrating the folding of the template into a compact collapsed position, and

Fig. 4 is a section taken along the indicated lines 4-4 of Fig. 1. V

In the template shown in the drawings, a base, generally indicated at 10, has a main part 11 of stock of right angular section disposed with one of its walls in a hori zontal plane and having a leg 12 connected to the front part thereof by a pivot 13. The leg 12 is of sulficient length to ensure that the erected template is stable and may itself conveniently be a length of stock of right angular section.

States Patent Secured to the rear part of the vertically disposed wall of the base part 11 is a leg 14 extending upwardly to enable one end of the upright, generally indicated at 15, to be connected thereto as by a pivot 16. The upright 15 consists of the main section 17 and an extensible section 18 having slots 19 and 20, respectively, to receive bolts 21 to which are attached wing nuts 22 by which the parts of the upright may be locked in anyrshortened or extended position. As illustrative of means to lock the upright 15 at right angles to the base 10, there are shown holes 23 and 24 in the upright section 17 and in the upper part of the leg 14, respectively, adapted to receive the pin 25 when thye are in registry.

The end member, generally indicated at 26 is pivotally connected to the upper end of the extensible section 18 of the upright 15. The pivoted connection is shown as a pivot 27 threaded to receive a wing nut 28 by which the pivotal connection may be tightened to set the end member 26 at the desired angular relationship with respect to the upright 15. The end member 26 includes a main section 29 and an extensible section 30, both slotted as at 31 and 32 respectively to receive bolts 33 threaded to receive wing nuts 34 thereby enabling the sections of the end member 26 to be locked in any extended or shortened position.

It will be noted that the rear end of the top side of the base part 11 is beveled as at 35 to enable the template to beset in either fireplace corner defined by the back wall and either of its side walls and it will also be noted that as the upright and end members may be shortened and folded relative to the base 10 and the base leg 12 folded into alinement with the base part 11, compactness for storage or shipping is achieved.

What I therefore claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent'is:

A template for use in shaping the rear wall of a brick fireplace and the rear wall of its throat, said template comprising a relatively long and narrow base, a wall engaging upright at one extremity of said base including a part rigidly joined to said extremity at right angles to said base and extending downwardly therefrom to establish a leg, a transverse leg proximate to the other extremity of said base, and an extensible wall member pivotally connected at one end to the upper end of said part, an extensible end member pivotally attached to the other end of said wall member.

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